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| Re: 1938 NYC BOT document showing original plan for 76th Street as Elderts Lane | |
| Posted by randyo on Sun Jul 5 18:40:01 2020, in response to Re: 1938 NYC BOT document showing original plan for 76th Street as Elderts Lane, posted by Joe V on Sun Jul 5 11:10:40 2020.Just because the Gibbs Hi-Vs and LIRR MP41s were almost identical in appearance doesn’t mean that they were in any way similar in electrical or mechanical details. The Hi-Vs were GE equipped with a 12 point manual acceleration controller whereas the MP41s were WH equipped with a 3 point automatic acceleration controller very similar to the BRT el cars. I have no info as th whether the MP41s were Hi-V or Lo-V but I do know that the BRT el cars were Lo-V. | 
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